It’d be reasonable to assume that there was nothing more to give, that every tape vault everywhere had already been scoured. The download-only tracks which appeared last decade under the banner ...

Johnny Griffith, a keyboard player with the Funk Brothers, the highly skilled group of Detroit studio musicians who helped create and define the legendary Motown sound, has died. He was 66. Griffith ...

So what exactly is a Motown icon like Smokey Robinson doing in the lineup for this year's Tri-C JazzFest? Actually, it makes perfect sense. Motown's roots in jazz run deep -- and so do Robinson's.

She didn't sing a note or write a lick of a lyric, but Smokey Robinson contends that Maxine Powell was as essential to Motown Records' operation as the legendary label's songwriters, producers and… By ...

The Funk Brothers played on more number 1 singles than any other band in history. Sadly, their status as sidemen for Motown Records largely consigned these unsung pioneers to the forgotten corners of ...

Four headliners to perform at the 2025 Rochester International Jazz Festival were revealed Tuesday - bringing a bit of soul, funk, Motown and rock 'n' roll to Rochester's Eastman Theatre for the 9-day ...

Motown legends Diana Ross and Smokey Robinson, along with pop star Sheryl Crow, will headline the 2016 Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Experience in the Benedict Music Tent, the nonprofit has announced. Ross ...